Hose-pliers.



Pa'tented May 6, I902.

J. r. SABGENT, m.

HOSE PLIERS.

(Application filed Nov. 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES F. SARGENT, JR., OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOltOF ONE- HALFTO OlVEN R. CIIAFFEE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

HOSE-PLIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,349, dated May 6,1902.

Application filed November 27,1901. Serial No. 83,946. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. SARGENT, Jr. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Grand Rapids,in the county of Kentand State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Hose-Pliers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to implements for applying wire hands to hose toform couplings thereon; and it consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown anddescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improvedimplements represented in the first position it will assume inperforming its work of attaching the wire band to a section of hose.Fig. 2 isasimilar view representing the implement in its secondposition, and Fig. 3 is a similar viewrepresenting the implement in itsthird posit-ion. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the implement. 5 is across-section on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a view in elevationof the fasteningloop. Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of the loop,showing the same partially curved.

The implement comprises two opposing jaws 1 2, both jaws curving attheir operative ends, as shown in Fig. 1. The jaw 2 extends forwardbeyond the operative end of the jaw 1 and also backward into a handle 3and is formed with a projecting rib 4 at the point where the rivet 5occurs, and the jaw 1 also extends backward into a handle 6 and isformed with two parallel projecting ribs 7 S, embracing the rib 4 andsecured thereto by a stud formed on the projection or rib 4 and whichpasses transversely through the part 7, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5.The part comprised by the handle 6, ribs 7 and 8, and the jaw 1 willpreferably be formed in one piece of steel pressed into the requiredshape, and the parts comprised by the handle 3, rib 5, and jaw 2 arelikewise preferably composed of one piece of sheet-steel pressed intothe required shape and with the stud 5 integral with the rib 4. 1

The jaws 1 and 2, as before stated, are curved to enable the jaw 2 topartially embrace the hose 9 when first engaging the wire loop 10 and topermit the jaw 1 to lie close to Fig.

the jaw 2, so thatits extremity 11 may retain its position in closeproximity to the extremity ll of the jaw 2 at the first stage of themovements necessary to operate the implement. A transverse wire-engaginggroove 12 is formed in the outer part of the jaw 1 near the end 11, anda similar groove 13 is likewise formed in the outer side of the jaw 2near the end 11, as shown. The end 11 of the jaw 2, as before stated,extends beyond the end 11 of the jaw 1 to enable the grooves 12 and 13to be engaged with the transverse ends 14. 15 of the loop 10 when theseends are at a considerable distance apart or when the loop is bent, asshown in Fig. 7, and eoacting with the curving feature of the jaws toengage and interlock the loop. This curving of the jaws and forming themwith the end 11 projecting is therefore an important feature of myimprovement, as it enables me to engage the wire loop 10 when bent intoa U shape only and capable of being simply slipped over the hose,whereas with other implements of this class it is necessary to firstbend the loop entirely around the hose and sometimes 'partiallyinterlockthe ends before the implement can be applied. Much of the manual labor,therefore, is dispensed with and the implement alone relied on to do thework.

The wire loops 10 are furnished in the form shown in Fig. 6, and toplace them in shape to be acted on by the pliers it is only necessary tobend them around in U shape, as in Fig. 7, when they are in position tobe placed upon the hose and acted upon by the implement, which by reasonof the curved or convexed form of the lower jaw is enabled to partiallyinclasp the hose 9 and assume the po- 0 sition shown by dotted lines inFig. 1, with the groove of the end 11 engaging the end 15 and the grooveof the end 11 engaging the end 14, which represents the first positionwhich the instrument will be caused to as- 5 sumo, the said groovesbeing thus adapted si-' multaneously to receive the ends of the clamp:ing-band and to retain them until the band has been secured in positionaround the hose.

In using the implement the operator first loo passes the end 11 of thejaw 1 under the end 14: of the loop and engages it bythe groove 12 andat the same time passes the projecting end 11 of the jaw 2 over the end15 of the loop and engages it by the groove 11", as shown the loop andthe loop drawn tightly around the hose by distending the jaws bycompressing the outer ends of the handles. 3 and 6. Then by continuingthe movement around the hose, as in Fig. 3, the projecting portion ofthe loop will be bent around the end 14 and draw the loopst-ill tighteraround the hose and complete the coupling. Then the pliers are removedand the projecting end bent down by the blow of a hammer or otherimplement into the position shown by dotted lines at 17 in Fig. 3.

I claim also a, great advantage by forming each of the jaws and itshandle of pressed steel,with one j aw provided with the two parts 7 and8, embracing the single part 4 of the otherjaw, as I thereby produce animplement which is very cheap, strong, and durable and able to withstandthe severe lateral strains to which it will be subjected. I also claim agreat advantage by forming the offset or stud 5 integral with the part 4and utilizing it as thepivot for the jaws of the implecomprising twojaws, the outer side of the terminal of each of which is provided with atransversely-disposed clamping-band-engaging recess, the terminal of onejaw projecting beyond that of the other, the said recesses being adaptedsimultaneously to receive the ends of the clamping-band and to retainthem until the band has been secured in position around the hose.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. SARGENT, JR.

\Vitnesses:

J. B. G. PHELPS, GLENN D. CHAFFEE.

